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(A) The cities with the most efficient emergency rooms utilize the same procedures for handling trauma victims as does Strunk Hospital.

(B) Because trauma patients account for a large percentage of emergency room patients, procedures that hasten their treatment will likely significantly increase overall emergency room efficiency.

(C) After the new procedures went into effect, Strunk's average time before treatment for emergency room patients dropped by 35 percent.

(D) Due to differences in location and size of staff, not all emegency rooms can be expected to reach similar levels of efficiency.

(E) The recently hired administators who instituted the new procedures also increased Strunk's emergency room staff by 15 percent.



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A) The cities with the most efficient emergency rooms 20 Nov 2005, 20:21
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Its a tricky one.
I would go with D.

What is the OA?

If it is correct I will explain.
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OA is not D.
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A) The cities with the most efficient emergency rooms 20 Nov 2005, 21:00
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I got B.
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A) The cities with the most efficient emergency rooms 21 Nov 2005, 01:09
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C)... :?
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A) The cities with the most efficient emergency rooms 21 Nov 2005, 01:37
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(A) The cities with the most efficient emergency rooms utilize the same procedures for handling trauma victims as does Strunk Hospital.

(B) Because trauma patients account for a large percentage of emergency room patients, procedures that hasten their treatment will likely significantly increase overall emergency room efficiency.

(C) After the new procedures went into effect, Strunk's average time before treatment for emergency room patients dropped by 35 percent.

(D) Due to differences in location and size of staff, not all emegency rooms can be expected to reach similar levels of efficiency.

(E) The recently hired administators who instituted the new procedures also increased Strunk's emergency room staff by 15 percent.
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I will go with C. If this is not correct than please don't laugh at the explanation :-D :

A) Out of scope. Only one city is being discussed.
B) Seems wrong. Just by hunch :?
C) It means that the new procedures did increased the effeciency and the claims that applaud was false will be proven incorrect by this answer.
D) Out of scope
E) Out of scope
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(A) The cities with the most efficient emergency rooms utilize the same procedures for handling trauma victims as does Strunk Hospital.

(B) Because trauma patients account for a large percentage of emergency room patients, procedures that hasten their treatment will likely significantly increase overall emergency room efficiency.

(C) After the new procedures went into effect, Strunk's average time before treatment for emergency room patients dropped by 35 percent.

(D) Due to differences in location and size of staff, not all emegency rooms can be expected to reach similar levels of efficiency.

(E) The recently hired administators who instituted the new procedures also increased Strunk's emergency room staff by 15 percent.

I will go with C. If this is not correct than please don't laugh at the explanation :-D :

A) Out of scope. Only one city is being discussed.
B) Seems wrong. Just by hunch :?
C) It means that the new procedures did increased the effeciency and the claims that applaud was false will be proven incorrect by this answer.
D) Out of scope
E) Out of scope
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I agree with ps_dahiya.

Strunk's efficiency has indeed improved, although strunk is not the most efficient hospital in the city.
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Only D damages the conclusion. The argument is based in a comparison between this hostipal and the rest of the hospitals in the city. If the comparasison is not possible, because there is many differences among those hospitals, the argument doesn't have any validity.
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OA is C and OE basically goes like this:

The author basically concludes that the new procedures put in place have no merit since the wait time is still long.

However, if its shown that the wait time has improved, as C does, it would be damaging to the conclusion.



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